It's an interesting side topic - there have been a lot of games that try to allow you to succeed as moral or immoral characters. But that's more sandboxed than

It's an interesting side topic - there have been a lot of games that try to allow you to succeed as moral or immoral characters. But that's more sandboxed than GTA, which assigns repercussions for bad behavior in a way that models reality. The consequence is lighter, of course, and GTA "lives" more independent and ephemeral. What makes games like GTA interesting to researchers is the open, unstructured analog to our world. If the game lacked the strong user direction and context it could be useful in that regard.